USPTO stats 2008

patentandtrademark

The USPTO released its annual report for fiscal year 2008.  Below is a comparison of a few key statistics with 2007 stats:

 






 



 2007


 2008


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Average months to first action (patent)


 25.3


 25.6


 +.3




Average months total pendency (patent)


 31.9


 32.2


 +.3




Percent of applications filed electronically (patent)


 49.3%


 72.1%


 +22.8%




Average months to first action (trademark)


 2.9


 3.0


 +.1




Average months total pendency (trademark)


 15.1


 13.9


 -1.2




Percent of applications filed electronically (trademark)


 95.4%


 96.9%


 +1.5%





 

Yes, this really does mean you can wait 2-3 years to get a patent application approved.

 

RetiredMember5

Great piece of information.   Intellectual Property is key to the internet world.

patentandtrademark

More than half of the voting population of the US would not recognize capitalism if it walked up and shook their hand.  The poor idiots think this "blended" US economic system is capitalism.  Capitalism ain`t always pretty - but it always works.
 

patentandtrademark

so true.  a host can live without a leach but a leach can`t live without a host.